Soya bean vendors. The beans are an important component of the Korean diet. The woman's expressive face is typical of her people.
Women buying rice and barley. Their unbound hair indicates that they are single.
Street scene, showing a man in Western dress common among Koreans.
Women buying rice and barley. Their unbound hair indicates that they are single.
A typical new Korean house built with UNKRA-supplied materials. The house is constructed of compressed earth-blocks which are made of local earth with the addition of a small proportion of cement. The typical house has two bedrooms with the heated ondol floor, a small living room and a kitchen.
Old and new in Korean housing. To help meet Korea's desperate housing shortage, the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) is providing materials and technical assistance to construct new homes. The neat rows of new houses at Hwee-Kee-Dong in east Seoul contrast with the traditional Korean homes in the foreground. The UNKRA-type house is designed to combine maximum use of space and materials with minimum cost.
Part of the new housing development carried out with the aid of UNKRA materials at Chungnung in the eastern suburbs of Seoul. The new church and new school in the background are other signs of Korea's advancing reconstruction program.
At Hwee-Kee-Dong, on the eastern outskirts of Seoul, 200 new homes have been built with materials supplied by the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA). New housing development in 32 Korean communities are moving rapidly ahead as part of UNKRA's program aimed at building 10,000 houses.
A paper vendor's shop, where locally-produced paper of fine quality is sold. In a Korean house the windows, ceilings and floors are all made of various types of paper.
Children of lepers at the Sanwook Orphanage sing for Prof. MacDonald, Dr. Wickremesinghe and Dr. Forrest on the arrival of the party. The children are give medical examinations every three to six months and remain in the institution until they are 16.